Doctors fear work caps for residents may be bad medicine.

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Doctors fear work caps for residents may be bad medicine.

March 31, 2010

Shapira I.

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This news piece examines the work week of resident physicians and discusses how further limiting trainees' work hours might reduce their experiential learning.

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